来来去去 说走就走
“as they pleased.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
做生意的人嘛
“came to Kashgar's old town and left”
来来 去去 说走就走
“as they pleased.”
留下来的人有几个啊
“A few of them have actually stayed.”
“Don't count on them staying; they leave whenever it suits them.”
In historical and market contexts across China and Central Asia, traveling traders were seen as inherently mobile and difficult to form permanent ties with.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
coming and going frequently
An AABB-form idiom expressing high turnover, transience, or frequent movement.
to leave on the spur of the moment / to leave without hesitation
A colloquial set phrase highlighting prompt, sudden, or spontaneous departure.